Great News, America: Cheese Isn’t Bad for You
Don’t feel sheepish reaching for that manchego. Cheese doesn’t deserve its unhealthy reputation - Cheese isn't actually bad for you...
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Cheese is among the ultimate guilty pleasures. It’s gooey. It’s fatty. It’s delicious. It just has to be bad for you, right?
Wrong. A large body of research suggests that cheese’s reputation as a fattening, heart-imperiling food is undeserved. When it comes to weight and other key health outcomes (and setting aside the issue of lactose intolerance, with apologies), cheese is neutral at worst, and possibly even good for you. And yet that research doesn’t seem to have broken through into common knowledge. If you Google “cheese,” the top result under “people also ask” is the ungrammatical query “Why cheese is bad for you?” Now, if you’re the type of person who’s thinking, “What’s the big deal? I eat what I like, in moderation, and don’t worry about calories”—congratulations, I’m happy for you, we have lots of great articles about science and tech you might enjoy.
If, on the other hand, you’re like me and worry that your diet is making you gradually fatter, keep reading. https://www.wired.com/story/cheese-a...t-bad-for-you/